Reel.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

W. A. NICHOLS.

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REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed August 31,1905. Serial No. 276,538.

To aZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, WVALTER A. NronoLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This reel is adapted more particularly for use in winding up clothes lines, although it may be employed for other purposes.

The reel is intended to be constructed from a single piece of heavy wire so bent as to provide a proper winding surface and a pivot upon which the reel as a whole can turn. This method of forming the reel makes it cheap and easy to manufacture and at the same time strong, durable and easy of operation.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the reel as a whole, and Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same.

The reel is constructed of a single piece of stiff wire bent to form a transversely extending centrally located pivot 1 which is formed integrally with and revolves with a winding member 2 which is formed as follows: The wire forming the pivot has its end bent at right angles to the pivot to form one of the outer portions 3, which portion is outwardly flared at its winding end l, and the wire is then outwardly bent at right angles and given a reverse bend to form an outwardly projecting winding handle The wire is then given an inward bend or turn to form a recess for carrying the clothes line, the wire being then bent or turned to form an eye 6, corresponding in position to the handle 5, and the wire is carried from the eye to form the inner member 7 of the reel, which in turn is given an outward llare at its ends to correspond to the curvature of the outer member 3. The inner member has a loop 7 at its center to encircle the pivot l, and the wire is bent to form the opposite winding end of the reel, which corresponds in formation to the end hitherto described. The outer or terminal portion 8, forming a part of the outer member 3, however, terminates in a loop 9, which encircles the outer end of the pivot near its juncture with one section of the member 3. The inner and outer members are held distended by means of a sleeve 10, which encircles the pivot intermediate of the inner and outer loops. The reel is completed by the provision of a handle 11, of suitable size and-shape to be grasped by the hand, which handle is held in place on a pivot by means of a washer 12, which allows the pivot and connected parts to be revolved while the handle is held stationary within the hand of the user.

It will be seen that the reel as a whole is extremely simple in its construction and adapted to be readily and cheaply manufactured, since substantially the entire reel is manufactured from a single piece of wire. The provision of the winding handles at the outer ends of the reel enables the same to be rapidly turned for the purpose of winding up the clothes line, and. the provision of the eyes enables the reel to be hung up on a nail, hook, or other suitable support.

hat I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A reel comprising a pivot and winding member formed of a single piece of wire bent to provide an inner member and an outer member, the outer member formed in two sections, one of the sections being a continuation of the pivot and the other section terminating in a loop encircling the pivot, and the inner member being provided at its center with a loop encircling the pivot, and the connecting wire between the outer ends of the two members being inwardly bent or curved, forming recesses for holding and retaining the material to be wound upon the wire, and a distending sleeve encircling the pivot intermediate of the two loops, substantially as described.

2. A reel comprising a pivot and winding member of a single piece of wire, the winding member having a continuous inner member and an outer member formed in two sections in alinement with one another, one of the sections being a continuation of the pivot extending at right angles thereto, and the other section terminating in a loop encircling the pivot, the inner member being provided with a corresponding loop at its center, the wire connecting the ends of the inner and outer members being inwardly bent to provide a recess at each end for holding and retaining the material to be wound, an operating handle at one corner of the reel formed by outwardly the pivot is revolubly' mounted, substantially bending and reversely turning the continuas described. ous Wire, an eye at another corner of the reel formed by looping the continuous Wire, a WALTER NICHOLS 5 sleeve encircling the pivot intermediate of Witnesses:

the inner and outer loops, and a handle on SAMUEL W. BANNING,

the projecting end of the pivot Within which WALKER BANNING. 

